# xarray.CFTimeIndex.delete

#### CFTimeIndex.delete(loc)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/../.pixi/envs/doc/lib/python3.15/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py#L7452-L7495)

Make new Index with passed location(-s) deleted.

Returns a new Index with the entries at the given positional
location(s) removed. The original Index is not modified.

* **Parameters:**
  **loc** ([`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int) or [`list`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#list) of [`int`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/functions.html#int)) – Location of item(-s) which will be deleted.
  Use a list of locations to delete more than one value at the same time.
* **Returns:**
  [`Index`](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.Index.html#pandas.Index) – Will be same type as self, except for RangeIndex.

#### SEE ALSO
[`numpy.delete`](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.delete.html#numpy.delete)
: Delete any rows and column from NumPy array (ndarray).

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```pycon
>>> idx = pd.Index(["a", "b", "c"])
>>> idx.delete(1)
Index(['a', 'c'], dtype='str')
```

```pycon
>>> idx = pd.Index(["a", "b", "c"])
>>> idx.delete([0, 2])
Index(['b'], dtype='str')
```

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